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  • 52 Week High: 17,685.00p
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  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 202.10m
  • Volume: 87,792
  • Market Cap: £33,569m

US new home sales jumped past analysts' forecasts in July

By Alexander Bueso

Date: Tuesday 24 Aug 2021

LONDON (ShareCast) - (Sharecast News) - New home sales in the US edged past analysts' forecasts in July.
According to the Department of Commerce, in seasonally adjusted terms, new home sales rose by 1.0% month-on-month to hit an annual rate of 708,000.

Economists had penciled in 700,000.

That was on top of an upwards revision to June's pace of sales from 676,000 to 701,000.

In comparison to a year ago, new home sales were 27.2% higher.

The supply of new homes available for sale meanwhile increased from 6.0 months-worth of sales in June to 6.2 months in July.

Prices also rose however, with the median cost of a new home jumping from $370,200 to $390,500, while the average price increased from $429,000 to $446,000.

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Wolseley Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 16,610.00p
Change Today -420.00p
% Change -2.47 %
52 Week High 17,685.00p
52 Week Low 11,530.00p
Volume 87,792
Shares Issued 202.10m
Market Cap £33,569m

Wolseley Star Ratings

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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
82.01% below the market average82.01% below the market average82.01% below the market average82.01% below the market average82.01% below the market average
71.43% below the sector average71.43% below the sector average71.43% below the sector average71.43% below the sector average71.43% below the sector average
Price Trend
88.65% above the market average88.65% above the market average88.65% above the market average88.65% above the market average88.65% above the market average
67.68% above the sector average67.68% above the sector average67.68% above the sector average67.68% above the sector average67.68% above the sector average
Income
86.38% below the market average86.38% below the market average86.38% below the market average86.38% below the market average86.38% below the market average
78.12% below the sector average78.12% below the sector average78.12% below the sector average78.12% below the sector average78.12% below the sector average
Growth
8.57% below the market average8.57% below the market average8.57% below the market average8.57% below the market average8.57% below the market average
21.21% below the sector average21.21% below the sector average21.21% below the sector average21.21% below the sector average21.21% below the sector average

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Sell 2
Strong Sell 0
Total 25
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